Penn Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO INSTILL HOPE, INSPIRE CHANGE, AND BUILD COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION IS AN AFFILIATE WITHIN ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. IS THE TAX-EXEMPT PARENT ENTITY OF THE NETWORK. THE NETWORK'S MISSION IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES' OVERALL HEALTH, AND EDUCATE OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT.
- Income
- $28.7 million
- Spending
- $34.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- -3.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 96%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 11
- Highest pay
- $449,149, trustee
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 30 out of 100. Higher than 2% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 70% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 19% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1593% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 37% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 12 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $31.9 million spent. EXPENSES INCURRED IN PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ABILITY TO PAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT.
- Penn Foundation, Inc. (D.B.A St. Luke's Penn Foundation) is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as an internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Pursuant to its charitable purposes, St. Luke's Penn Foundation operates its main campus in Sellersville, Bucks County as a community-based behavioral health provider with 25 mental health and substance use treatment programs that serve individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion or ability to pay. In fiscal year 2024-2025 (FY 25), St. Luke's Penn Foundation served approximately 8,089 individuals and delivered 176,632 services. St. Luke's Penn Foundation also contracted with 91 businesses to provide its Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Approximately, 766 employees used the EAP service, and the team provided more than 3,387.25 service hours of training, counseling, incident debriefings and other consultative services. St. Luke's Penn Foundation manages a community petition site for crisis services for Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The petition site is located at St. Luke's Upper Bucks Campus (3000 St. Luke's Drive, Quakertown, PA 18951). St. Luke's Penn Foundation staff deliver crisis services in the Emergency Department at this campus. Additionally, a crisis line is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 215-257-6551. Mission -------- St. Luke's Penn Foundation, as part of the St. Luke's University Health Network, offers hope, recovery and wellness as we provide compassionate, high quality, cost-effective mental health and substance use treatment to residents of the communities we serve, regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion or ability to pay. St. Luke's Penn Foundation is committed to excellence. Our clinical and administrative staff are dedicated to the provision of superior mental, developmental and physical healthcare that is individualized and family-centered, accessible and equitable. We compassionately support the ability of every individual to fully realize their emotional, physical, and spiritual potential. We promote the development of our staff by creating opportunities for education, achievement and advancement. Our mission is accomplished by the following: - Making the client our highest priority - Promoting healthy lifestyles and continuously improving care provided - Coordinating and integrating services into a seamless, easily accessible system of care - Improving the level of service provided throughout the network - Ensuring all health care services are relevant to the needs of the community - Striving to maximize the satisfaction of our patients, employees, medical staff and volunteers - Training allied health professionals, nursing and medical students, and residents and fellows and attracting them to practice within our network's service area As a merged entity within the St. Luke's Network, St. Luke's Penn Foundation is part of one of the largest non-profit networks of inpatient and outpatient mental health services in eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey. Together, our combined services establish a comprehensive continuum of care to treat patients with mental health and substance use disorders. St. Luke's Penn Foundation is an Aetna Institute of Quality and an Independence Blue Cross Center of Distinction. Investing in prevention education and serving as a community resource is a vital part of our programming. In FY 25, St. Luke's Penn Foundation delivered 49 in-school presentations to more than 2,500 students in 12 schools throughout the Central Bucks, Cheltenham, New Hope-Solebury, Palisades, Parkland, Pennridge, Quakertown, Souderton and Upper Perk school districts. St. Luke's Penn Foundation also provided 72 education presentations to nearly more than 10,670 community members on topics such as mental health, substance use, overdose prevention, recovery and harm reduction. Additionally, St. Luke's Penn Foundation's Community Outreach Specialist was onsite at Free Fall Skate Park in Quakertown 24 times (twice a month) to provide outreach and information. Furthermore, St. Luke's Penn Foundation's third annual Recovery is for Everyone Walk attracted more than 400 individuals to walk in support of recovery. The St. Luke's Penn Foundation campus delivers services in person across multiple buildings on its main campus that spans 30 acres in Sellersville, West Rockhill Township, Bucks County, PA. Additionally, St. Luke's Penn Foundation serves clients through programs in neighboring communities, including: - Sellersville (Bucks County): Employee Assistance Program, Recovery Center Outpatient Services, Wellspring Clubhouse, Penn Gardens, Penn Villa - Souderton (Montgomery County): Intellectual Disabilities Supports Coordination - Pottstown (Montgomery County): Assertive Community Treatment - Exton (Chester County): Assertive Community Treatment - North Wales (Montgomery County): Employee Assistance Program - Bethlehem (Northampton County): Employee Assistance Program - Bristol (Bucks County): Mobile Engagement Services - Allentown (Lehigh County): Mobile Engagement Services - Lehighton (Carbon County): Victory for Veterans St. Luke's Penn Foundation compassionate staff of 378 dedicated professionals care for children, adolescents and adults through 25 unique programs and the office locations noted above as well as community-based work and telehealth. St. Luke's Penn Foundation delivers integrated, holistic care designed to meet the unique needs of each person. FY 25 Program Highlights and Accomplishments -------------------------------------------- In our fourth year of being part of the St. Luke's University Health Network, we made significant progress toward our shared vision of maintaining and developing a full continuum of high-quality, integrated and cost-effective mental health and substance use disorder services. Together, we grew programs and expanded into new markets, improved access
- St. Luke's Penn Foundation's Overview of Programs -------------------------------------------------- The comprehensive continuum of care provided through the numerous programs identified below, along with community and health system partnerships, ensure comprehensive mental health care for the local community. The Mental Health Outpatient program provides comprehensive evaluations, counseling and medication management for individuals, couples and families presenting with mental health and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Psychology testing services are also available. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a person-centered, evidence-based fidelity model approach to care for adults 18 years of age and older who have a severe mental illness. By blending the disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, nursing, addiction, social work and psychosocial rehabilitation, the program offers a multidisciplinary team of professionals that works together to provide highly individualized treatment, outreach, rehabilitation and support services in individuals' homes and communities. St. Luke's Penn Foundation operates three ACT teams: one in Sellersville (Bucks County), one in Pottstown (Montgomery County) and one in Exton (Chester County. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The ACT team in Sellersville serves residents of upper Bucks County and the Lansdale, Souderton and Telford areas of Montgomery County. Admission requirements for Bucks County residents include involvement with the legal system or time spent in Bucks County prison. Serving close to 300 individuals at any given time, the census for these programs increased more than 20% in the past fiscal year. The Recovery Center offers a comprehensive continuum of inpatient residential and outpatient drug and alcohol services. The 55-bed onsite inpatient residential unit, which offers detoxification and rehabilitation in a structured environment, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Outpatient options include general outpatient (individual, family and group counseling), Intensive Outpatient Services (IOP), which involves individual and group counseling up to nine hours per week and Mobile Engagement Services, a community-based addiction intervention service for individuals and families who fail to access or respond to traditional drug and alcohol treatment. The Warm Hand-Off program in Montgomery County and the BCARES (Bucks County Connect Assess Refer Engage Support) program in Bucks County operate in partnership with our county drug and alcohol agencies. The programs are designed to create support for overdose survivors presenting to the local emergency departments. A dedicated rapid access team works to connect individuals to treatment and to support their family members. St. Luke's Penn Foundation operates the Warm Hand-Off program at Abington Hospital - Jefferson Health and Abington-Lansdale Hospital and the BCARES program at Grand View Health, Doylestown Health, and St. Luke's Upper Bucks Campus. Camp Crossroads is an addiction prevention program for youth ages 9 through 12 who have been impacted by addiction in their families. Camp Crossroads aims to break this cycle of addiction by teaching children coping skills that build resilience and confidence to make healthy life choices. The goal of camp is to reduce feelings of fear, guilt, isolation, loneliness and helplessness and help campers understand that addiction is a disease, it impacts the entire family, and it is not their fault. Campers are also able to participate in selected organized activities such as crafts, sports, water activities and adventure education. Intellectual Disabilities Supports Coordination locates, coordinates and monitors services and resources for adults and children with intellectual disabilities. This service aims to educate clients and their families about available resources and empower them to make decisions regarding their care and everyday lives in the community. Peer Support is a unique program partnering Certified Peer Specialists with individuals receiving behavioral health services who desire such mentoring as a key intervention in their recovery. Peer Support facilitates empowerment and self-determination in a variety of ways including advocacy, psychoeducation, exposure to and the development of natural supports, community integration opportunities and skill acquisition related to the recovery of meaningful daily activity and community roles. Mental Health Case Management (Administrative and Blended Case Management/Recovery Coaching) helps individuals and families in locating, choosing and accessing community resources such as housing, financial benefits/entitlements, employment and educational opportunities, etc. to further their recovery. Longer-term assistance is provided to children, young adults and adults with serious mental health or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders through Blended Case Management to maximize their potential for independent community living, improved educational/vocational status, increased social support networks and reduced psychiatric hospitalizations. Individuals registered with Blended Case Management have contact with their case manager/recovery coach based on their level of need. The minimum level of contact is once every 30 days but may be more frequent depending on the individual's needs/wishes for assistance. Blended Case Management also offers 24-hour, 7 days-a-week on-call support for individuals who are experiencing a crisis. HealthConnections helps individuals to improve their physical and mental health care by working as a team with their primary care provider, their other physical and mental health care providers and their physical and mental health care plans. Participants work closely with nurse navigators and mental health navigators who ensure communication across healthcare providers, provide health and
- Family Based Services provides 32 weeks of intensive community and home-based therapy and support for children and adolescents (up to age 21) with emotional and behavioral problems and their families. Children and adolescents in this program are typically at risk for out-of-home placement. Services focus on working with the family to successfully maintain the child in the home. Interventions include in-home therapy, casework services, family support services and 24/7 crisis management. Early Intervention Services are designed to help families with children, from birth to age three, with developmental delays. Services, which include assessment, treatment planning, referral and coordination of services, are individualized based upon the needs of each child and the child's family and are provided in the child's home, daycare center or other settings familiar to the family. Staff members work with each family to provide them with strategies and ideas that they can easily incorporate into their child's existing routines. Chaplaincy Services are available for all clients and residents requesting spiritual care. They are non-denominational in nature and are available to individuals of all faiths. St. Luke's Penn Foundation also offers a nationally accredited Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program to improve the quality of ministry and pastoral care offered by spiritual caregivers of all faiths in the community. Additionally, St. Luke's Penn Foundation provides community education and consultation for pastors, chaplains and lay leaders who seek mental health, drug and alcohol, and co-occurring disorders information or referrals. St. Luke's Penn Foundation's Employee Assistance Program (EAP), established in 1980, is a proactive business tool that can help employees better manage the stressors they experience personally or in the workplace. Additionally, through coaching, training, and management consultation, EAP gives company leaders and managers the skills they need to create a healthier, more balanced work environment and successfully address issues with employees.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1959.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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